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Apr 11, 2016

Can College Outreach Programs Improve College Readiness? The Case of the College Bound, St. Louis Program

In the past decade, there has been a proliferation of community- and school-based college readiness programs designed to increase the participation of students who have traditionally been underrepresented in higher education.
Press

Aug 11, 2015

Program to Improve School Outcomes and Student Achievement Shows Early Signs of Success

A program intended to boost student achievement by providing teachers two years of professional development, including formal training sessions and meetings with a leadership coach, is showing early signs of success.
Research

Aug 11, 2015

Examining the Early Impacts of the Leading Educators Fellowship on Student Achievement and Teacher Retention

Presents findings from preliminary analyses of the Leading Educators Fellowship program, which is dedicated to training promising mid-career educators to lead their colleagues in pursuit of student success.
Commentary

Mar 16, 2015

To Serve and Collect? Police Department Funding, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy

Like so many issues in public policy, one of the factors shaping the complex policing challenges facing America—and a potential lever to help address them—is simple and unsurprising. That factor is money.
Commentary

Mar 9, 2015

Progress After Ferguson? Good Ideas Need Good Implementation

President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing has done a great service by providing dozens of sound recommendations—good ideas that could help avoid another Ferguson. Now we need good implementation to go along with them.
Commentary

Aug 21, 2014

Data Key to Tackling Racial Profiling in Ferguson

Authorities in Ferguson would be wise to consider following Cincinnati's example in dealing with mistrust between police and citizens after the police shooting of a young black man. The city embarked on a thorough examination of racial profiling by its police force and took steps to deal with the perception that bias was influencing the way police officers performed their duties.
Commentary

May 31, 2013

Moore Must Be Ready for Psychological Aftermath

Ensuring the availability of needed mental health resources was critical in the immediate aftermath and recovery phase of the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado. Authorities in Oklahoma must ensure that such services are in place early so that Moore's residents can begin the long journey to recovery.
Tool

Apr 29, 2010

A Prototype Interactive Mapping Tool to Target Low Health Literacy in Missouri

Describes a web-based mapping tool to help healthcare decisionmakers identify neighborhood-level ''hotspots'' of suboptimal health or healthcare that may be due to low health literacy.
Research

Oct 1, 2009

Strengthening Prevention Performance Using Technology: A Formative Evaluation of Interactive Getting to Outcomes®

This article reports on a formative evaluation of efforts to build community-based prevention capacity in two states (Tennessee and Missouri) using an Internet-based system known as interactive Getting To Outcomes® (iGTO).
Research

Jan 1, 2001

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

A specific deterrence strategy whereby the police utilize directed patrol to focus on suspicious activities and locations reduced violent gun crime.

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Can College Outreach Programs Improve College Readiness? The Case of the College Bound, St. Louis Program

Program to Improve School Outcomes and Student Achievement Shows Early Signs of Success

Examining the Early Impacts of the Leading Educators Fellowship on Student Achievement and Teacher Retention

To Serve and Collect? Police Department Funding, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy

Progress After Ferguson? Good Ideas Need Good Implementation

Data Key to Tackling Racial Profiling in Ferguson

Moore Must Be Ready for Psychological Aftermath

A Prototype Interactive Mapping Tool to Target Low Health Literacy in Missouri

Strengthening Prevention Performance Using Technology: A Formative Evaluation of Interactive Getting to Outcomes®

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

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Can College Outreach Programs Improve College Readiness? The Case of the College Bound, St. Louis Program

Program to Improve School Outcomes and Student Achievement Shows Early Signs of Success

Examining the Early Impacts of the Leading Educators Fellowship on Student Achievement and Teacher Retention

To Serve and Collect? Police Department Funding, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy

Progress After Ferguson? Good Ideas Need Good Implementation

Data Key to Tackling Racial Profiling in Ferguson

Moore Must Be Ready for Psychological Aftermath

A Prototype Interactive Mapping Tool to Target Low Health Literacy in Missouri

Strengthening Prevention Performance Using Technology: A Formative Evaluation of Interactive Getting to Outcomes®

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

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